the long winter is finally over. Low of -21.4C and 1.1m of snow. Many, many, many cold days/nights. Here's an update of some of the Yuccas.....

Yucca glauca ssp. stricta 'Jetmore, KS'


Yucca arkansana ssp. freemanii


Yucca gloriosa 'Big Tennessee form'


Illicium did great


Araucaria araucana is OK, some burn but should be OK.


Trachycarpus 'nainital' was protected but not enough protection


Yucca gloriosa 'superba'


Yucca gloriosa 'Sandbridge, Virginia'. This was an unusual form from a batch of seedlings.


Yucca gloriosa 'Sandbridge, Virginia' other seedlings from the same batch.


Yucca gloriosa form


Yucca gloriosa 'Treculeana form'


Yucca gloriosa x elata #2


Yucca recurvifolia 'Cousin It'.....I had a container over it for much of the winter since I think it has lots of aloifolia genes in it.


Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'reverchonii-thompsoniana'


Yucca glauca x recurvifolia.....I think Jost gave me these


Yucca pallida x filata or is it filata x pallida (a MB hybrid)


Yucca 'alzeanu' x rostrata from Thomas

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the long winter is finally over. Low of -21.4C and 1.1m of snow. Many, many, many cold days/nights. Here's an update of some of the Yuccas.....

Nolina texana seedlings......wow I'm surprised they survived.....I have not had good success with Nolina in colder winters.


Yucca recurvifolia 'Highway 421'


Yucca gloriosa 'Aloifolia form'


Yucca thompsoniana x filata 'Big Mama'


Yucca filamentosa x rostrata #3 (seed sent to me from Benny)


Yucca linearifolia died.....it was moisture protected too. I thought linearifolia was hardier??


Yucca rostrata


Yucca glauca x filamentosa


Yucca cernua


Yucca filamentosa x rostrata #2....this is the form Jost and Horst have. This was grown from seed sent to me from Benny.


Yucca angustissima x filamentosa......seed from Benny


Yucca neomexicana.....13 year old....no blooms


Yucca filamentosa x rostata #1.....WOW....it doesn't know winter came!!


Yucca recurvifolia/gloriosa form


Yucca rostata


Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue'


Yucca 'constricta x filamentosa' x 'filamentosa x elata'


Yucca thompsonifolia......from Horst?


Yucca elata ssp. verdiensis


Yucca baileyi


Yucca 'bische'


Yucca pallida


Yucca elata


Yucca recurvifolia


Yucca hybrid seedling from Thomas.....Y. fila/flaccida x rostrata?


Yucca hybrid seedling from Thomas....Y. fila/flaccida x rostata?


Yucca filata #5


Yucca flaccida variegata


Yucca filata #6


Yucca gloriosa 'Tennessee form'


Yucca constricta


Yucca floribunda from Mark


Yucca arkansana 'Western Oklahoma form'


Yucca recurvifolia/gloriosa 'narrow leaf form'


Yucca filata #4 (Big Mama)


Yucca gloriosa 'White Shed' from Jim Kelly of New Jersey


Yucca gloriosa form


Yucca gloriosa x elata


Yucca flaccida x 'reverchonii-thompsoniana'


Yucca carnerosana 'mexican form' dead.....it was protected too.


Yucca glauca ssp. stricta 'Maxwell, Nebraska' form


Yucca filamentosa x 'reverchonii-thompsoniana'


Yucca recurvifolia x rostata seedling....seed from Horst

Hello Tim
looks like you had a bad winter,I hope that spring will be all ok.

Hi Tim,

What a desaster. I hope, most of your plants recover very fast. I wonder that Y. cernua survived. Your hybrids with reverchonii/thompsoniana and rostrata genes looks good.

Hi Tim ,
What a very bad winter you have !!
On the other hand , this was a good test for hardiness.... The filamentosa x rostrata is awosome and looks so healthy after such a killer winter like this , it's quite surprising !...This hybrid is one of the best for both esthetism and hardiness !
Hope for you the plants recovers quickly
cheers , fred

Hi Thomas........should I try another Y. linearifolia? My linearifolia was moisture protected and still died from the cold. Is there a hardy form of linearifolia I should be looking for? My linearifolia survived last winter with a very brief drop to -18C. This winter there were many more cold days/nights.

Hi Janko.........spring is coming fast now......most Yuccas are OK. Thanks

Hi Horst..........I 'think' Y. cernua survived........it should start growing in the next week as temps are warming fast now. Yes, rupicolae series of Yuccas did very well. I did loose one Y. reverchonii and I think my Y. reverchonii-thompsoniana is dead too........I hope it returns from the roots.

Hi Fred..........Yes, Benny's hybrid between Y. filamentosa x rostrata is a WINNER. They look great year-round here. Not many Yuccas look good after winter and all the snow loads.

Hi Sascha........So far most Y. glorisoa/recurvifolia types appear OK. I did loose one from Mark of the Netherlands and one from Jim Kelly of New Jersey but hopefully they will return from the roots.